The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-09-14
Live Stock Notes For September.
Rural New Yorker.

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HELEN WHITNEY CLARKE.
Live Stock Notes For September.
Rural New Yorker.
The practice of turning horses out on to
a Door, hard pasture, after a hard days
work, to pick up what feed they can, with
out rest, il both cruel and injurious. The
feed is now poor, and the second growth is
productive Of profuse and weakening
salvation. By whatever cause in this Sec
ond growth this effect idproduced, it should
be avoided, and only good, nutritio Us food
should be given. If for any reason this
salvation occurs, il may be quickly stop
ped by feeding a quart of dry bran or
ground food. This subject is worthy of
investigation, because horses are undoubt.
eddy injured by something in this second
growth of meadows.
Errors in feeding are prolific sources of
trouble with horses. Full feeding after
long fasting or severe work Is injurious and
productive of indigestion; 30 is copious
watering soon after feeding. All these
mistakes are to be especially avoided at
this time, when hard work, hot weather
and the WEAKNESS of the driver all tend TO
negligence As the fall blowing is done
this month, every wise attention and
precaution for the welfare OF the teams
should be taken.
Keep q sharp share on the plow aud see
that the gearing is such as too lessen the
draft to the lightest point, being neither
too short TO worry the plowman nor too
long to add to the horses labor. Water
the team moderately four times a day, and
never within two hours after feeding.
Give ample time for feeding and feed
bran mash three times q week. Carefully
wash and scrspe off every CAD fy's egg at
noon and evening. Keep a clean stable,
well busted with plaster, and clean, soft
bed for the horses, and do not neglect to
rub them down thoroughly before leaving
them at night.
Colts need good feeding as the milk of
the dana falls of. Crushed oats and lin
seed make an excelleat substitute for milk.
Brush and card the colts aud begin to
halter.break them now when they caa be
separated from the mares at night. It is a
good education for tue colts TO run with
! The mare on the road or in the field while
blowing. and get roadwiss aud otherwise.
Never use a whip or other Instrument for
punishment Of colt. Nov is tins time to
teach it horse.talk and horseseass by gen.
tie management aud words
Anthrax fever is one of the common dis
eases of cattle at this time of the year when
the feed is becoming dry. hard aud devoid
of nutriment. One is tempted to turn the
cows into swamp lots where the growth of
weeds is luxuriant; bat this is provocative
EQSS6
milk sickness is ABOUT due now, and extra
care should be taken to avoid running
cattle in msrshes, dried swamps, or upon
land where decayiDg organic matters is
abundant. Here again, errors IN feeding
are at the bottom OF most of the troubles
of the season. You ask, what are We to
do when there is no other resource for
pasturing CATTLE This shows tue very
great importance of providing some fod-
der-corn especialIy-for use at this season.
II is too late for this } ear, but the need has
been pointed out ia good time In these
hints, which are intended as easy lessons
for Guidance, month by month.
Don't let the COWS fall off In milk this
winter. II no other feeding is at hand,
pull suckers out of the corn and out out all
the stalks which have no ears and feed
them. An that is gained now in the con-
iition Of cattle will be q gain through the
winter. stock well summered are hall
w1ntered."
Early lambs are now TO be provided fol-
by selecting good ram. Choose the kind
suited to the circumstances. The WRONG
sheep are always improbable. Feed the
ewes some grain food II they are bred thil
month. Avoid early lambs, unless TIT
most perfect provision Is made for carinl
for them in the cold weather OF February o.
March, Where no adequate provision il
made don't breed the ewes until December
and haye the lambs in May, separate th'
vethers and lambs from the ewes and keeI
only the breeding sheep together. Wher'
the flock is over thirty IN number keep tn
ram from the ewes in the day and turn
them together at night only. Smear tn
rams brisket with mixture OF Venetian
red and oil when he is put with the focl
each time, and he will mark the eve
served. Careful shephards who know thei
sheep VIII want to make q note OF the tim
they are due. A good feed for ewes at thi
time IL rye, corr meal and buckwheat, il
equal parts, fed IN troughs divided b.
partitions into spaces of q foot. Remembe
the gsd.hy is around this month, an
smear tar on the inside OF the feed troug
to protect the sleeps noses. Look out TO
lame sheep, and when found pare the sol
horn around the hoof and shorten tn
toes.
Water, pure aud fresh, Is indispensable
for the welfare of hogs. The common, bu
mistaken, belief that swine are filthy an
finals operates greatly to their dIsadvantag
By excusing the filthy ways IN which the
ere kept aid fed, and the worst of it all |
the uDwholesome water proylded-n an
provision at all is made for them.
Young pigs full fed up to this time ma
make 100 pounds more growth by contir
ned full feeding. The next three month
Is the most profitable period OF their live
IL 1t is made the most OF and they are th
right kind. In choosing boars for breed
ing, the fact that great Eat is no longer d.
l.